Turbellarians name details
Typhloplana viridis Du Plessis, 1877
485914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:485914)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
Species
recent only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark The name is mentioned twice by du Plessis (1877, 1878), but there is no formal description, hence the name is actually a...
Taxonomic remark The name is mentioned twice by du Plessis (1877, 1878), but there is no formal description, hence the name is actually a nomen nudum, although Graff (1882: p. 305) lists it as a synonym of Mesostoma viridatum (= Typhloplana viridata). [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Typhloplana viridis Du Plessis, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=485914 on 2025-12-10
basis of record
Du Plessis, G. (1877). Without title. <em>Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles.</em> Nouvelle Période, 60: 326-328.
page(s): 326–328; note: This 1877 article can be considered a short abstract of the 1878 article. [details]
additional source Du Plessis, G. (1878). Sur l'origine et la répartition des Turbellariés de la faune profonde du Léman. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 60: 233–239.
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 304–305; note: See taxonomical remark [details]
page(s): 326–328; note: This 1877 article can be considered a short abstract of the 1878 article. [details]
additional source Du Plessis, G. (1878). Sur l'origine et la répartition des Turbellariés de la faune profonde du Léman. <em>Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 60: 233–239.
page(s): 236 [details]
additional source Graff, L., von. (1882). Monographie der Turbellarien 1. Rhabdocoelida. <em>[Book].</em> 1-442, Verlag Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig., available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Monographie_der_Turbellarien.html?id=LT0hAQAAMAAJ
page(s): 304–305; note: See taxonomical remark [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The name is mentioned twice by du Plessis (1877, 1878), but there is no formal description, hence the name is actually a nomen nudum, although Graff (1882: p. 305) lists it as a synonym of Mesostoma viridatum (= Typhloplana viridata). [details]